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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 H. SOHELLBR. ASH CART.

No. 552,589l Patented Jan. 7. 1896.

' NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMANN SCHELLER, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

ASH-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,589, dated January7, 1896.

Application filed May 31, 1895. Serial No. 551,299. (No model.)

To' all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN SOHELLER, merchant, a subject of the King ofPrussia, German Emperor, and a resident of Berlin, in the Kingdom ofPrussia, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful`Improvements in Ash-Carts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dust or scavenging carts and is intended to soconstruct them that the dust fetched from dwellings may be put on thecart Without causing any inconvenience by the spreading` of the dust,that,

further, the attendants may stand on the carts Without havingclose-contact With the chambers receiving the dust, and, lastly, thatthe public may not be annoyed by the dust fiying about or by the sightof the contents of the cart.

This improved cart is represented in the annexed drawings, in Which- Y'Figure l is a longitudinal View; Fig. 2, a rear view, Figs. 3 and 4being a longitudinal and a cross-section,respectively.

The interior of the cart, which is closed all round, is divided by crossWalls A A A2 into several compartments, said Walls being provided withdoor-like openings B, Fig. 4, also with a cross brace or bar c, so as toform a joint or groove, into Which the door or board C is inserted andkept in place by a bolt E. Above each of these compartments there is anopening G G G arranged in the top cover of said cart, the length ofwhich opening corresponds With the length of the compartments A. Eachopenin g is covered with a Wire-netting of about one-inch mesh, and inaddition may be closed by folding boards F F F2.

For iillin g the cart in the first place the Wall C is placed againstthat partition-Wall A Which is farthest from the door M. Then aremovable curtain suspended on tWo bars is brought in front of theopening A, so that its lower end Weighted with a round iron bar seWedinto it assumes a position inside the first compartment, as representedfor partition A' of the second compartment. The top cover F of theforemost compartment being closed, the attendants enter the cart throughthe door M and there empty the bucket, box or the like, by

VWhile a spreading of the dust toward the outside is prevented by thecurtain H. Vhen this compartment is filled up to the upper edge of thecross-Wall C, the latter as Well as the curtain H is brought to themiddle partition-Wall, and after the middle partition has also beenfilled up in like manner the same operation is repeated With the lastcomparu ment, in Which latter instance the attendant stands in the smallsquare space behind the doors M. In order to preclude the least escapeof dust there is another curtain N attached to the entrance-door.

' Pis a side door by means of Which the unloading of the dust on thedumping-ground is effected.

As a rule, the openings in the top cover are closed only before theloading of the respective compartments is to start, so that in the emptycompartments good ventilation is obtained. This ventilation isessential, as the foul air concentrated in the cart would be detrimentalto the health of the attendants.

l/Vhat I claim isl. A dust or scavenging cart having inner cross Walls Aprovided with doorlike openings, a plate C being inserted into the lowerpart of said openings, the upper part on the inside of said Wallsreceiving a curtain H, Which latter is displaceable and suspended fromthe cover of said cart, substantially as set forth.

2. A dust or scavenging cart having in combination With the arrangementsdescribed for receiving dust and the like a ventilation arrangement Ginthe cover of said cart, oonsisting of openings F equal in their lengthto the width of the respective compartments covered by a Wire nettingand clothed with folding boards or covers, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

HERMANN SCHELLER.

Witnesses:

WM. HAUPT, CHAs. KRGER.

